ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,626, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC (Richardson, Texas).

"Connection assembly for antenna and base station antenna" was invented by Cheng Xue (Suzhou, China), Bo Wu (Richardson, Texas), Fei Li (Suzhou, China), Jian Zhang (Suzhou, China), Yuanpeng Ren (Suzhou, China), Changfu Chen (Suzhou, China) and Xun Zhang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection assembly for an antenna includes a printed circuit board and a coaxial cable connected to the printed circuit board. A transmission trace and a solder pad are provided on the printed circuit board. An opening for receiving an end portion...